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DLCS18.6.9

Differentiate between a secure and a non-secure website including how they affect personal data.

COS Examples

Example: HTTP vs. HTTPS.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to identify a website as secure or unsecure.
  • that sharing personal data can be dangerous.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • recognize that secure web address begins with "https" and that a security symbol is displayed in the address bar such as a lock, etc.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • any information provided while navigating an unsecure website can negatively affect users.

DLCS18.6.10

Describe the causes and effects of illegal use of intellectual property as it relates to print and digital media, considering copyright, fair use, licensing, sharing, and attribution.

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Knowledge

Students know:
    that intellectual property refers to creations such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs, symbols, names, and images.
  • that illegal use of intellectual property can cause monetary damages to the property owner as well as fines and jail time for the property thief.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • use intellectual property in a manner allowed by copyright, fair use, licensing, sharing, and attribution.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • misuse of intellectual property is illegal and will result in negative consequences.

Vocabulary

  • intellectual property
  • attribution

DLCS18.6.11

Differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate digital content and the use of that content.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • at times they may encounter appropriate and inappropriate content.
  • what actions to take should they encounter inappropriate content.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate digital content.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • not all digital content is appropriate to access and/or use.

DLCS18.6.13

Define personal privacy, digital footprint, and open communication.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • that personal information can be divided into the three categories of personal privacy, digital footprint, open communication.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • define personal privacy.
  • define digital footprint.
  • define open communication.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • information is either, personal, part of your digital footprint, or available as open communication.

Vocabulary

  • personal privacy
  • digital footprint
  • open communication

DLCS18.6.14

Discuss digital globalization and Internet censorship.

COS Examples

Examples: Software that scans a website for posts about potential threats; a person’s ability to order a product directly from a manufacturer in another part of the world; a student in Africa can take an online math course created in the United States; web-hosting company prevents posting of content.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • most information posted on the internet can be viewed by most of the world.
  • some countries and companies limit access to information.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify positives and negatives of digital globalization.
  • identify positives and negatives of internet censorship.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • most information posted on the internet can be viewed by most of the world.
  • some countries and companies limit access to information.

Vocabulary

  • digital globalization
  • internet censorship

DLCS18.6.15

Identify emerging technologies in computing.

DLCS18.6.16

Communicate and/or publish collaboratively to inform others from a variety of backgrounds and cultures about issues and problems.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to use a platform to share and inform others of a variety of backgrounds about issues or problems important to them.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • publish and communicate as creators of content and information, instead of only consumers of the same.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • being able to communicate effectively and disseminate that information to reach a broader audience is an important part of being a global collaborator.

DLCS18.6.19

Track data change from a variety of sources.

COS Examples

Example: Use editing or versioning tools to track changes to data.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to use time and date stamps to track changes in data gathered over a period of time.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • assess how data can change over time.
  • identify how data may look different when gathered from various sources.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • the source of data and time when data is gather has an effect on results.

DLCS18.6.20

Identify data transferring protocols, visualization, and the purpose of data and methods of storage.

COS Examples

Examples: Using an online collection tool or form to collect data that is then stored in a spreadsheet or database.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • different transferring protocols are used for specific purposes depending on the data and storage methods.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • differentiate basic data transferring protocols from another and various methods of storing data.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • data is compressed and stored in various transferring protocols depending on the purpose.

Vocabulary

  • transfer protocols
  • visualization

DLCS18.6.21

Identify varying data structures/systems and methods of classification, including decimal and binary.

COS Examples

Examples: Difference between a bit and a byte, bit representation, pixels.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to recognize a binary number system including bits and bytes.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify how binary can be used for bit representation in pixels.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • there are several data structures and methods for classification.

Vocabulary

  • data structures
  • decimal
  • binary

DLCS18.6.22

Summarize the purpose of the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII).

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • that the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) was created to use one harmonious languages for computers and programs to communicate.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • summarize the purpose of the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII).

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • without ASCII, there may be no way for programs or computers to communicate.

Vocabulary

  • American Standard Code for Information Interchange

DLCS18.6.24

Compare and contrast types of networks.

COS Examples

Examples: Wired, wireless (WiFi), local, wide area, mobile, Internet, and intranet.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • networks are used to join computing devices for different needs.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify the needs satisfied by different networks.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • networks are designed to meet specific needs.

DLCS18.6.26

Explain why professionals may use models as logical representations of physical, mathematical, or logical systems or processes.

COS Examples

Example: Students will discuss why an engineer may build a model of a building before actually constructing the building.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • it can difficult, expensive, or impossible to create a system or process true
  • to
  • scale, therefore professionals often use models or simulations to test theories, plans, or designs.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify reasons a system or process cannot be easily replicated.
  • identify situations in which it is best to use a model or simulation.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • models and/or simulations are used to save time and money during testing phases of projects.

DLCS18.6.27

Explain how simulations serve to implement models.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • that simulations and models are both representations of a system or process.
  • simulations are often digital representations whereas models are often physical representations.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • explain that simulations may be used to save time and/or money in representing a process or system.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • typically, simulations are digital representations of a process, while models are physical representations of a process.

DLCS18.6.28

Define assistive technologies and state reasons they may be needed.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • that people have differing abilities and that technologies exists to aid users in overcoming challenges.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • define 'assistive technology'.
  • explain reasons one may use an assistive technology.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • being different doesn't have to be a difficulty.
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